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Formed in 2009, the Austin Slot Car Club is a mix of enthusiasts from all over the world with a passion for auto racing, music, and of course slot cars. We believe in sharing our passion for slot cars by helping others discover how fun and rewarding the hobby can be. We welcome anyone with…
The club members reached deep into the back of their respective garages for Q2 to bring back the NSR Fiat Abarth cars. We haven’t raced these little nuggets since 2022. They are fun little cars to thrash around our rally track, and their popularity is evident in that we have fielded as many as 14 drivers in one stage early…
The fifth round of the NSR GT3 series is seeing the leaderboard begin to firm up. In the Group A cohort of racers first and second place appear to be set. David must place first in the final race and record the fastest lap to increase his points to 98. If he manages that finish, Marty still only needs to…
Racing remains very close after Round 4 of the NSR GT3 series. In the ‘A’ group the race for the podium points is neck-on-neck. The top three positions have 4 starts which gives a false impression of the potential winners. At the series end, each racer with six starts will drop their worst race. If we assume that David, John,…
Congratulations to our podium winners! Our 2026 Slot.it Group C race is now in the record books. It was a great season, especially returning to the Group C cars after taking a year off. We welcomed two new competitors to the B-Group this year, expanding that class to 5 drivers. A notable call out this year is how close the…
The third installment of our 2026 NSR GT3 series saw a light A-Group, but the B-Group had 5 competitors on the field. The largest B-Group in recent memory. A point of interest between the groups for this race was that the A-Group was a bit slower overall, while the B-Group improved their average lap times and lap counts. I suspect…
It was another great day of Group C racing! Outside temps were starting to get warm, pushing low 90s but the clubhouse remained relatively cool…
Round 4 of the Slot.it Group C series was a mixed bag for racers. Several improved their lap counts by 3, 6 and even 9(!) laps, while a few struggled to find speed.
Results posted, story to follow.
Thanks to our January ice storm stacking up races in February, the club had a quick turn around for the second round of the NSR…
The second race of the Group 2 series was held on Saturday, February 7, under cool February conditions outside but comfortable racing indoors. The event…
Racers arrived to an unseasonably warm day at the track on Saturday, February 7. The track-surface temperature was 76 degrees F, and the clubhouse temp…
Part 2 – The Knows and the Unknowns What is so important about the knowns and the unknows? You can also read this as “What…
Racing with AMSCO 1-24-26 Out of the blue in December there was a post from a new organization calling itself AMSCO – American Slot Car…
The first round of the Slot.it Group C Championship happened this past Saturday the 11th of January. The ambient temperature was a cool 58 degrees…
